Eric,

On 11.12.2024 13:26, Eric Rescorla wrote:

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 12:47 PM Eliot Lear <l...@lear.ch> wrote:

    And this is where we run into problems, because the moment you
    change that boiler plate, you will devalue the RFC series and
    create support and interoperability problems as people end up
    implementing different versions of a specification. And to be
    clear, IANA is the LEAST of our problems.  The IETF needs a way to
    have not-ready-for-prime-time DRAFT work without fear ofcreating a
    mess.

I think this assumes facts not in evidence.

If you are asking for evidence that we have trained the industry to believe that drafts are temporary, you should work in or near a commercial organization who answers RFPs.  I've seen my share, and they rarely include internet-drafts.  If you are asking for evidence that this sort of training would break down, that would be asking for evidence of an event that has not yet occurred because the boiler plate has largely stated the draft nature of drafts from the beginning.  I reiterate: a draft can be stable where a specification is not.  We make that distinction of whether a specification is stable through our publication process.

For what it's worth, I have far less of a problem with IANA assignments to drafts than I do with drafts not being considered working documents.  And again, the hint is in the name: draft.

Eliot

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